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Book Value

Hollow Men

MAY 10, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

The Great Gatsby is full of hollow people living hollow lives without any meaningful connection to each other. And that's exactly the point.

Built on Sand

MAY 03, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

The sprawling, pre-Holocaust family saga of The Brothers Ashkenazi displays the shortcomings of all systematic, simple answers to the problem of being human.

Extremely Creative and Incredibly Destructive

APRIL 19, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

Donald E. Westlake's crime novel The Ax takes on the question of creative destruction in tough times.

A Traditional Marriage

APRIL 05, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

Dorothy Canfield-Fisher's novel The Home-Maker (1924) upholds Tolstoy's maxim that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." It also offers a clear--and, for its time, innovative--depiction of the ways rigid definitions of gender roles can stifle the ability of women and men to find ways to flourish.

Binding the Muse

MARCH 22, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

The tension between rules designed in advance and those that emerge from trial and error lies at the heart of the human experience, from poetry to civilization.

On the Road Again

MARCH 08, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

Edna Ferber's stories about Emma McChesney present the life and struggles of a traveling saleswoman in a time when her job was considered "men's work."

Book Value: Fairy Tales for Cube Dwellers

FEBRUARY 22, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

A collection of Sinclair Lewis's short stories reveals a writer and a mind too good to have only one view about the world of business and the people who populate it.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

FEBRUARY 08, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

A book on cooking during WWII illustrates the importance of local knowledge, spontaneous order, and emergent knowledge.

"Not the Poorest People of the District"

JANUARY 25, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

Maude Pember Reeves's Round About a Pound a Week is a deeply researched, sympathetically drawn portrait of the tough choices constantly confronting London's working poor in the early 20th century.

Clean Hands

JANUARY 11, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

Richard Powers's Gain is consumed with growth: does it kill or cure us? Is it a curse or our best hope? Can companies get too big?

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